The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-21

The assignment OF A. y. Edwards q 90,
of Palatka, is announced. Mr.. w. j. Wine
gar IS the assignee
Last Monday evening $1,000 was paid out
at tho Ponce dc Leon Hotel, ST. Augustine,
for one weeks wages.
At South Jacksonville cx-Gov Reed and
others are Just beginning to harvest their
fig crop on an extensive scale.
Rev T. H. Gibson father OF w. w. Glib
sou, Of Orlando, died at Bloomingdale,
Hillshoro county, on Friday last.
The brick for the now Miller block at De
Land is being drawn TO tho lot, and the
building viii soon be commenced.
J. D, Lopez, of St. Augustine, has been
appointed an aid-de-camp to Gov. Perry,
wish the rank of First Lieuteuant.
st. Augustine is in possession of a new
tangled machine for levcing off the streets
and filing up holes Il works like a charm.
J. c. LJuling has sold his interest in the
Leesburg Commercial, and the paper will
be hereafter published by Pratt Bros 81 Co.,
with j. II. c. Pratt as editor.
Mayor Lilienthal, of Sanford, has issued
a call for public meeting to be held Friday
evening at the town hall, in tho interest of
the South Florida Exposition.
Capt. Minors residence, across the river
from l'alatka, was burned Monday morning
at o'clock The house stood near the st.
Augustine and Palatka railway depot
Hon. John G. r. Crawford, the recently
appointed receiver of the United States
Land Office in Gainesville, received his
commission Monday and is now ready for
business.
Windsor's new tub and bucket factory is
now ready for business and work will be
commenced this week. The factory is 40xS0
feet and is supplied with the latest inn
proved machinery.
IN mentioning the steamboat to be con
stucted by the Jacksonville, Tampa and
Key West Railway Company areport stated
that it would run on the st. Johns river,
but it should have been Indian river.
Judge j. d. Broome has closed court at
Orlando, and is now resting at home. This
is the first vacation he has had since he was
appointed Judge. He expects to hold a
special term again in August or September
A colored man named Peter Underwood
was brought to Orlando from Apopka Mon
day by Sheriff Anderson and lodged in the
jail here to await the session of the Crimi-
nal Court. He is charged with horse steal
ing.
Hyder D. Riggsbee, a highly respected
citizen Of Welborn, died Monday morning
at o'clock of bronchial affection and
asthma, with which he has suffered for a
number of years. He was 81 years of age
and leaves a wife
II. A. Spear, of Chattahoochee, a mem
Der of the late Legislature for Gadsdcn
county, has been appointed delegate by
Gov Perry to represent his county at the
interstate convention of farmers to assemble
at Atlanta Aug Is.
John Walker, who lives few miles from
Arcadia, brought in fine lot of honey
Thursday. Mr.. Walker has sold about 800
pounds during the past few weeks. He
thinks the business very profitable, and will
go into 1t more extensively.
Mr.. Gilchrist, of Trabue, has been up the
road few days and returns jubilant over
the discovery of the only chalybeate spring
i'll South Florida The spring is about 200
yards northeast from NOcatee depot and on
the property of Mr.. Gilchrist
Col. Frank b. Hagan, DeSoto countys
Treasurer, and Cicero Platt, of Castalia,
passed through Arcadia Monday en- route to
CreWsvllle. These gentlemen have pur-
chased n saw mill from d. D. Crews, and
intend to put it up at or near Pine Level
1t was reported at Palatka Monday night
that Alice Mackey, who, it is charged,
handed Steve Joiner knife last Tuesday
and told him TO kill Frank johnson, with
whom she had been quarreling, was ar
rested in SatSuma Monday as an accessory
to the crime.
The Palatka Board of Trade reports nu
merOus inquiries from the Western States
and territories-several from Kansas, Iowa,
Dakota and California. People are looking
to Florida for locations, and if they Sc
cure good rates for immigrants the city will
have good crowd next winter.
One of Arcadia's popular young mer-
chants was paying visit to young lady a
few evenings ago, when the "other fellow
CHANGED to call. The young merchant beat
such haSty retreat that he forgot his hat.
and was forced to appear next morning
with his head ornamented with a paper
sack.
Mr.W. NJ. Brown, the newly-elected cashier
of the new Bank of Titusville, down on the
famous Indian river, is a Jacksonville gen
tleman, and now book keeper at the Bank
of Jacksonville. The new bank will open
at Titusville. Oct l, with ample capital.
| Capt. James Pritchard, of Titusvile, is the
| president.
A movement is on foot to open a wagon
road between Orlando and Narcoosa The
! large swamp which has hitherto rendered
such an undertaking impracticabe is now
entirely dry and the cost of openening the
road will be but very little while the benefits
| from such communication can scarcely be
| estimated
The officers of the St Augustine Battery
| EtCelNtu Jueu COlulllSAIODS MOICltly. lnHee
| commissions were received which indicate
that although the boys are only recognized
| as Il battery vet they can continue for the
| present as an infantry company. The bat
| terry has been assigned to the Second bat
TALON of Florida State troops.
At Oakland Monday n strike was INDUCED
| in by the engineers OF the Orange Belt rail-
way, which resulted in the discharge, by
! General Manager Z. Z. Demens, ofthem
| They refused to pull the passenger train out
| without an increase III wages. However,
| Master Mechanic Stevens filed the posi-
| tionS, and two new engineers were also en-
| plOyed.
At Jasper Dr. j. H. White did not sui
eide as he threatened, but was notified by a
committee Monday evening TO leave in five
| days. a request was made by him asking
further time, whereUpon meeting was
called at which the unanimous voice was
that no more time be perinitted-leSS, if any
change. A committee of eighteen then no
| titled him, Perfect quiet and order is main
tanned, but DR.. White will have to leave.
Mr., Hanna, living in Mr.. Newberry's
house and having charge of his grove
across the river from Palatka, had mar
row escape from an awful death Monday
morning. \ moment before o'clock Mr.
! Hanna was awakened by the roar and
crackle of fire. He called his wife and not
having time TO dress they had TO run for
their lives and escaped by jumping out of n
window. They had lust got outside when